TOWN produced a battling performance in a contest which was played for most of the second half in monsoon conditions

Manager Allan Davies made three changes to the line-up by bringing back goalkeeper Ian Davies in place of Peter Scammell, Rhys Jones replaced the absent Nathan King and Jonathan Butler was relegated to the bench in favour of Craig Hewitt.

Ponty opened the scoring through Craig Hewitt, but within five minutes Street equalised through Tony Borg.

This shocked Ponty and they became nervous. Even the reliable Mark Dodds was caught out as he slipped over, which allowed Paul Davies to attempt a lob but the effort was too high.

By now conditions were starting to get tricky as light rain started to fall and the pitch began to cut up and, as the half entered its final five minutes, the game exploded into life.

Street were denied in the 40th minute as Ian Davies produced a great save to stop a Paul Davies header. The visitors kept up the pressure and they were rewarded a minute later when Fowler was left unmarked at the back post and he fired powerfully home to give Street the lead.

Ponty bounced back within seconds, however, as Duncan Culley equalised straight from the kick off.

After the break both teams emerged from the dressing rooms to once more face the inclement weather, and soon Craig Lewis put Ponty ahead.

Some neat passing play from the home side allowed Lewis to fire home a brilliant strike.

Ponty increased their lead in the 65th minute as a great knockdown by Culley presented an opportunity for Lewis.

The game then descended into farce as the rain continued to fall and the pitch resembled a swimming pool in places. However, the referee was happy for the game to continue, and it got worse for Street as Ross Gibbs hauled down the lively Lewis near the halfway line to earn a second yellow card and first use of the showers.

Near the end of the game Craig Lewis had a chance to get a hat-trick on his home debut but his curled effort brought out an excellent save from Gee.

The game’s final spot of action came in stoppage time as Street’s McDonagh ballooned a chance over the bar.

So it was two very drenched and mud-caked sets of teams who left the pitch at full time and the safe haven of the dressing rooms.

Ponty will be glad to come away from this potential banana skin with a fine 4-2 victory.

The three points propelled them back into third spot.

This weekend they entertain Treowen Stars at the Park. Kick off at 2.30pm.